Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 84-90 , January 2006

Bone Mineral Density of Healthy Turkish Children and Adolescents

  • Damla Goksen

      Affiliations

    • Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bornova/İzmir, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondece to: Damla Goksen, Mithatpaşa cad No 1114/5, Güzelyalı/İzmir 35290 Turkey.
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  • Sukran Darcan

      Affiliations

    • Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bornova/İzmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Mahmut Coker

      Affiliations

    • Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bornova/İzmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Timur Kose

      Affiliations

    • Ege University Faculty of Computer Engineering, Bornova/İzmir, Turkey

Received 28 March 2005 ,Revised 10 August 2005 ,Accepted 10 August 2005.

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PII: S1094-6950(06)00002-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2005.08.001

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 84-90 , January 2006

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